Overview
- The 20th ₹2,000 instalment is in final processing and expected to credit farmer accounts by July 19 or 20, 2025.
- Eligibility for the payout required completion of e-KYC, Aadhaar-bank linking and land record verification by the mid-July deadline.
- Over 9.8 crore farmers benefited from the 19th instalment in February, when more than ₹22,000 crore was disbursed.
- Since its 2019 launch, the PM-Kisan scheme has provided small and marginal cultivators with ₹6,000 annually in three equal direct-transfer instalments.
- Prime Minister Modi is slated to mark the payment release at a public gathering in Motihari, Bihar, on July 18, though official confirmation remains pending.